Mr. and Mrs. W. Robert Beringer of North Tonawanda celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their marriage vows in St. Joseph's Cathedral, followed by a gathering of family and friends in Banchetti's Banquet Hall, Amherst. Beringer and Elvira DiFrancesco were married Oct. 15, 1955, in St. Francis Catholic Church, Town of Tonawanda. He is retired from the North Tonawanda Board of Education; she is retired from DeGraff Memorial Hospital. The couple has three children and five grandchildren (Buffalo Evening News, 12/3/2005)